Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! - Carson Daly's Kids Realize His Fame via Gilmore Girls

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

Carson Dalys kids discovered his fame through Gilmore Girls, not his long-standing career on Today or MTV. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[e-mail] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [e-mail]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/a25002534731bd8e

On this March 16th, here's what's making entertainment headlines. Carson Daly shared a hilarious story on the Today Show about how his kids finally realized he is famous. It turns out it was not his long career hosting MTV's Total Request Live, or his over 12 years on Today, that did it. Instead, his daughters got excited when they spotted his name dropped in an episode of Gilmore Girls. During a cooking segment on March 11, Daly chatted with Lauren Graham, who starred as Lorelei on the show. He explained that his girls recently binge the series and freaked out over the reference in season three's first episode. Graham just laughed and said, You're welcome. Daly has been on TV Daily since 1997, but his own kids needed that Gilmore Girl shout out to connect the dots.

Fans of the show still love it years later, even if they caught up way after it ended. The series ran for seven seasons starting in October of 2000, focusing on Lorelei and her daughter Rory in the quirky town of Stars Hollow. Netflix brought it back in November of 2016 with four episodes covering winter, spring, summer, and fall. Daily joined today in September of 2013 after hosting late night's last call for years. He and his wife Siri have four kids together, including daughters, who sparked this whole funny realization. Support for this episode comes from our sponsor. See the description. Some travel miles to find peace.

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